Originally Posted by DrGreenthumb
I recently found this deal on a well known internet auction site. I was wondering what you guys thought of the deal. The processor seems good for the price but what about the mboard.
The deal was: Brand New Asrock K7VT6 SATA / RAID Motherboard + XP 3200 Barton
CPU + Akasa AK795 Heatsink and Fan
The buy it now price was ?117.00.
Socket A(462) for AMD processor
VIA KT600 chipset
For AMD Athlon XP FSB 400MHz processor
Supports high performance DDR400 memory
Hybrid Booster - ASRock safe overclocking
SerialATA, RAID 0,1, JBOD, SATA HDD_Hotplug
AGP8X, 5.1-Ch Audio, 10/100 Ethernet LAN
ASRock I/O Plus : 6 ready-to-use USB2.0 ports
Processor: - Socket A (462) for AMD Sempron ? , Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron processor
- FSB 400/333/266 MHz
Memory - Supports DDR400/333/266
- DIMM slots: 2
- Max. capacity: 2GB
Chipset - Northbridge: VIA KT600
- Southbridge: VIA 8237
Hybrid Booster -
CPU Frequency Stepless control
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CPU Multiplier
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CPU Vcore Adjustment
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G)
Video N/A
Slots - 1 x AGP8X/4X slot , 1.5V
- 5 x PCI slots( PCI 2.2 compliance)
Audio - CMedia CMI9761 6 channel AC'97 audio codec
LAN - VIA 6103 10/100 Ethernet LAN PHY
- 802.3u, WOL supported
BIOS - 2Mb AMI BIOS with ACPI, SM BIOS 3.0, PnP
Connector - 2 x SeialATA 1.5Gb/s connectors
supports RAID,0,1,JBOD, SATA HDD_Hotplug
- 2 x ATA 133/100/66 IDE connectors ( supports 4 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
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CPU/Chassis FAN connectors
- 20 pin ATX power connector
- IDE LED connector
- CD/AUX audio in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 1 x USB 2.0 port pin header
- 1 x Gameport header
The K7VT6 motherboard is a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock's consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock's commitment to quality and endurance.
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